The 38-year-old Dartmouth man was scheduled to stand trial in April on a charge of second-degree murder. However, the court was told Thursday that he is giving up his trial dates.

Taylor, a 29-year-old Halifax prostitute, disappeared the night of July 28, 2010. Her body has never been found.

Laffin was also scheduled to be sentenced Friday on four charges from an attack on another sex-trade worker in August 2010. He pleaded guilty last fall to kidnapping, aggravated assault, uttering threats and forcible confinement. That woman’s identity is banned from publication.

It appears some sort of plea bargain is in the works. In court Thursday, Laffin’s sentencing was also adjourned.

Both cases return to Supreme Court on Feb. 21 to set a new date.

Laffin became a suspect in Taylor’s disappearance after he was charged with the kidnapping and attack on the un-named prostitute. He was charged with her murder in October 2010.

Outside court Thursday, prosecutor Rick Woodburn said the Crown will accept nothing less than a plea of guilty to second-degree murder in the Taylor case.

And the Crown hasn’t given up hope it will find out exactly what happened to Taylor.

“We hope that he admits all the facts and tells us where the body of Nadine Taylor is so that the family can have some closure,” Woodburn said.

Woodburn said he expects the sentencing will likely take place in April or May.

Laffin has been in custody since his arrest in August 2010. In December, he was handed a three-month sentence for assaulting and causing bodily harm to convicted killer Clarence MacLeod while the two were inmates at the Central Nova Scotia Correctional Factility in Dartmouth in August 2011.

MacLeod was found guilty in November of second-degree murder in the 2009 killing of Roxanne Mary Page.